A rational army would run away.

The Ottoman Empire whose sick body was not supported by a mild and regular diet, but by a powerful treatment, which continually exhausted it.

What cowardice it is to be dismayed by the happiness of others and devastated by there good fortune.

The history of commerce is that of the communication of the people.

Slowness is frequently the cause of much greater slowness.

Great commanders write their actions with simplicity; because they receive more glory from facts than from words.

Coffee renders many foolish people temporarily capable of wise actions